The Case for Trump, Victor Davis Hanson
The Case for Trump, Victor Davis Hanson
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The Case for Trump

Bestseller

Author: Victor Davis Hanson

Narrator: David Lertham

Unabridged: 20 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Basic Books

Published: 03/05/2019


Synopsis

This New York Times bestselling Trump biography from a major American intellectual explains how a renegade businessman became one of the most successful -- and necessary -- presidents of all time.
 
In The Case for Trump, award-winning historian and political commentator Victor Davis Hanson explains how a celebrity businessman with no political or military experience triumphed over sixteen well-qualified Republican rivals, a Democrat with a quarter-billion-dollar war chest, and a hostile media and Washington establishment to become president of the United States -- and an extremely successful president.
 
Trump alone saw a political opportunity in defending the working people of America's interior whom the coastal elite of both parties had come to scorn, Hanson argues. And Trump alone had the instincts and energy to pursue this opening to victory, dismantle a corrupt old order, and bring long-overdue policy changes at home and abroad. We could not survive a series of presidencies as volatile as Trump's. But after decades of drift, America needs the outsider Trump to do what normal politicians would not and could not do.

About Victor Davis Hanson

Victor Davis Hanson is a senior fellow in military history at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and a professor emeritus of classics at California State University, Fresno. He is the author of more than two dozen books, ranging in topics from ancient Greece to modern America, including The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won. He lives in Selma, California.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Riku on March 02, 2020

Hanson is an intelligent writer. Incredible as it may sound, he really does make a solid case for Trump in this book. He should be read, because most of the time we hear only the obvious, easy-to-reject pro-Trump arguments. How do we deal with intelligently constructed, solid arguments? That will be......more

Goodreads review by Joe on April 27, 2019

This was another of those books that I found painful to read, but I was glad I forced myself to do it. On top of that, I hope to add this book to my private collection to be used as a source of future reference. Part of my early frustration while reading this was due to the chapters on politics that......more

Goodreads review by Cindy on March 06, 2019

A literate, thoughtful, fact-based dissertation on why Trump won in 2016, the promises he's fulfilled since taking office, and the vast wasteland of the DNC. What I particularly enjoyed about Hanson's writing was his ability to paint analogies that clearly explain the successes and failures of both......more

Goodreads review by Gator on September 07, 2019

Victor Davis Hanson is a senior fellow in military history at the Hoover institution at Stanford University and a professor of classics at California state university, Fresno. The case for Trump was published in 2019, to date it is the best explanation for the rise and success of Trump that I’ve rea......more


Quotes

"I come across books now and then, and I heartily recommend those I really like. But I'm just flat-out telling you to get this one. If you believe in Donald Trump, if you believe in the whole 'Make America Great Again' agenda, if you want to read some of the most intelligent defense of Trump, the most intelligent defense and explanation of Trump's agenda...the book is tremendous.... If you love Trump and if you're looking for ways to help other people who don't understand Trump to understand, this book is gonna be ideal."—Rush Limbaugh

"As a great historian, Victor Davis Hanson makes the case for President Trump with unique insights and historic understanding and clarity. A must-read for everyone who supports the President or wants to understand this moment in history."—Newt Gingrich

"A brilliant and bracing analysis from one of the great thinkers and writers of our time, and a farmer to boot - Victor Davis Hanson. Hanson understood the circumstances that gave rise to Donald Trump early on, how the president has made long overdue changes, and why his enemies seek to destroy him."—Mark R. Levin

"Hanson is shrewd and insightful on Trump's appeal... one of the smartest conservative defenses of Trump yet published."—Publishers Weekly

"A well-researched explanation of how Mr. Trump beat all odds to win the presidency, and also an account of his first two years in office."—Washington Times